WO2017037212A1 - Machine à boissons dotée d'un orifice de sortie ergonomique - Google Patents

Machine à boissons dotée d'un orifice de sortie ergonomique Download PDF

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WO2017037212A1
WO2017037212A1 PCT/EP2016/070680 EP2016070680W WO2017037212A1 WO 2017037212 A1 WO2017037212 A1 WO 2017037212A1 EP 2016070680 W EP2016070680 W EP 2016070680W WO 2017037212 A1 WO2017037212 A1 WO 2017037212A1
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beverage
outlet
dispensing head
preparation unit
capsule
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Lukic Branko
Etienne Crozier
Bertrand GUYON
Nicolas OBLIGER
Steven RYUTARO TAKAYAMA
Jean-Luc Thuliez
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Nestec S.A.
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Priority to CA2995147A priority patent/CA2995147C/fr
Priority to EP16763483.1A priority patent/EP3344099B1/fr
Priority to CN201680050196.2A priority patent/CN107920684B/zh
Priority to BR112018002158-0A priority patent/BR112018002158A2/pt
Priority to JP2018508157A priority patent/JP6998299B2/ja
Priority to RU2018111720A priority patent/RU2721090C2/ru
Priority to ES16763483T priority patent/ES2762975T3/es
Priority to US15/757,031 priority patent/US10849456B2/en
Publication of WO2017037212A1 publication Critical patent/WO2017037212A1/fr

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
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    • A47J31/52—Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus ; Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus
    • A47J31/525—Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus ; Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus the electronic control being based on monitoring of specific process parameters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
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    • A47J31/52—Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus ; Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus
    • A47J31/525—Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus ; Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus the electronic control being based on monitoring of specific process parameters
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
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    • A47J31/4403—Constructional details
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  • the field of the invention pertains to beverage preparation machines provided with an ergonomic beverage outlet, e.g. machines using capsules of an ingredient of the beverage to be prepared.
  • a "beverage” is meant to include any human-consumable liquid substance, such as tea, coffee, hot or cold chocolate, milk, soup, baby food, etc...
  • a “capsule” is meant to include any pre-portioned beverage ingredient, such as a flavouring ingredient, within an enclosing packaging of any material, in particular an airtight packaging, e.g. plastic, aluminium, recyclable and/or biodegradable packagings, and of any shape and structure, including soft pods or rigid cartridges containing the ingredient.
  • the capsule may contain an amount of ingredient for preparing a single beverage portion or a plurality of beverage portions.
  • Certain beverage preparation machines use capsules containing ingredients to be extracted or to be dissolved and/or ingredients that are stored and dosed automatically in the machine or else are added at the time of preparation of the drink.
  • Some beverage machines possess filling means that include a pump for liquid, usually water, which pumps the liquid from a source of water that is cold or indeed heated through heating means, e.g. a thermoblock or the like.
  • a capsule containing beverage ingredients is inserted in a brewing device.
  • the brewing device is tightly closed about the capsule, water is injected at the first face of the capsule, the beverage is produced in the closed volume of the capsule and a brewed beverage can be drained from a second face of the capsule and collected into a receptacle such as a cup or glass.
  • Brewing devices have been developed to facilitate insertion of a "fresh" capsule and removal of the capsule upon use.
  • the brewing devices comprise two parts relatively movable from a configuration for inserting/removing a capsule to a configuration for brewing the ingredient in the capsule.
  • the actuation of the movable part of the brewing device may be manual as disclosed in WO 2009/043630, WO 01/15581, WO 02/43541, WO 2010/015427, WO 2010/128109, WO 2011/144719 and WO 2012/032019.
  • Various handle configurations are disclosed in EP 1867260, WO 2005/004683, WO WO2007/135136, WO 2008/138710, WO 2009/074550, WO 2009/074553, WO 2009/074555, WO 2009/074557, WO 2009/074559, WO 2010/037806, WO 2011/042400, WO 2011/042401 and WO 2011/144720. Integrations of such arrangements into beverage machines are disclosed in WO 2009/074550, WO2011/144719, EP2014195046, EP2014195048 and EP2014195067.
  • the actuation of the movable part of the brewing device may be motorized.
  • a system is for example disclosed in EP 1 767 129. In this case, the user does not have to provide any manual effort to open or close the brewing device.
  • the brewing device has a capsule insertion passage provided with a safety door assembled to the movable part of the brewing device via a switch for detecting an undesired presence of a finger in the passage during closure and prevent injuries by squeezing.
  • Alternative covers for a capsule insertion passage are disclosed WO 2012/093107 and WO 2013/127906.
  • Different motorization systems are disclosed in WO 2012/025258, WO 2012/025259 and WO 2013/127476.
  • WO 2006/050881 discloses a milk frother that has a dispensing head for dispensing the frother milk.
  • the dispensing head is retractable inside the forther' s housing for the time needed at the end of a dispensing cycle to perform a cleaning cycle of the dispensing head.
  • the invention relates to a machine for preparing a beverage.
  • the beverage preparation machine can be an in- home or out of home machine.
  • the machine may be for the preparation of coffee, tea, chocolate, cacao, milk, soup, baby food, etc...
  • the beverage preparation typically includes the mixing of a plurality of beverage ingredients, e.g. water and milk powder, and/or the infusion of a beverage ingredient, such as an infusion of ground coffee or tea with water.
  • a beverage ingredient such as an infusion of ground coffee or tea with water.
  • One or more of such ingredients may be supplied in loose and/or agglomerate powder form and/or in liquid form, in particular in a concentrate form.
  • a carrier or diluents liquid, e.g. water may be mixed with such ingredient to form the beverage.
  • a predetermined amount of beverage is formed and dispensed on user-request, which corresponds to a portion (e.g. a serving) .
  • the volume of such portion may be in the range of 25 to 200 ml and even up to 300 or 400 ml, e.g.
  • a coffee machine may be configured for dispensing espressos, e.g. an adjustable volume of 20 to 60 ml per portion, and/or for dispensing lungos, e.g. a volume in the range of 70 to 150 ml per portion.
  • the machine of the invention has a main body containing a unit for preparing the beverage to be dispensed via an outlet to an external user-recipient at a user-recipient placement location.
  • the beverage preparation unit may include a flow circuit with at least one of: a source of liquid e.g. water; a liquid sensor e.g. a flowmeter; a pump for driving a liquid from a or said source to the outlet, e.g. a solenoid pump (reciprocating piston pump) or a peristaltic pump or a diaphragm pump; and a thermal fluid conditioner such as a heater and/or a cooler.
  • a source of liquid e.g. water
  • a liquid sensor e.g. a flowmeter
  • a pump for driving a liquid from a or said source to the outlet e.g. a solenoid pump (reciprocating piston pump) or a peristaltic pump or a diaphragm pump
  • a thermal fluid conditioner such as a heater and/or a cooler.
  • the thermal conditioner may be a boiler or a thermoblock or an on demand heater (ODH) , for instance an ODH type disclosed in EP 1 253 844, EP 1 380 243 and EP 1 809 151.
  • ODH on demand heater
  • the placement location can be associated with a machine recipient support for supporting such user- recipient under the outlet.
  • the support can be: associated with a drip tray e.g. a drip tray supporting the support; and/or movable relative to the housing vertically under the outlet and/or away from under the outlet for enabling a placement of user-recipients of different heights under the outlet.
  • the machine of the invention has a beverage dispensing head that includes the outlet and that is movable relative to the main body:
  • the user-recipient placement location can be located vertically below the outlet when the head is in its deployed position.
  • the machine of the invention has a control unit for controlling the preparation unit to supply the beverage to the outlet.
  • control unit is connected to a user- interface.
  • the user-interface can be located on the dispensing head and movable therewith.
  • the user-interface can be part of the movable dispensing head and is thus deployed when the dispensing head is moved into its deployed position (typically in view of preparing and dispensing a beverage or servicing the beverage preparation unit) and is retracted when the dispensing head is moved into its retracted position (typically in the absence of preparing and dispensing a beverage or servicing the beverage preparation unit) .
  • the user-interface is thus linked to the movement of the dispensing head and brought forward in front of the machine with the or a visually prominent machine part and thus immediately brought to the user' s attention when the user-interface is likely to be needed.
  • Such a configuration thus enhances the user convenience resulting from the positioning of the user-interface in view of an expected high use or reduced use or non-use thereof .
  • the user-interface includes an apparent user-interface that is accessible to a user when the head is in the deployed position and that remains accessible to a user when the head is in its retracted position.
  • the apparent user-interface can be configured to receive user-instructions when the beverage preparation unit is not in operation.
  • the apparent user-interface may be configured to receive user-instructions when the beverage preparation unit is in operation.
  • Such an apparent user- interface can be used both when the dispensing head is in its deployed position (e.g. for setting beverage preparation parameters and/or requesting a beverage preparation and dispensing, or for setting servicing parameters and/or for requesting a servicing of the beverage preparation unit) and when the dispensing head is in its retracted position (e.g. for powering the machine, e.g. to start-up the machine from a switched off or a standby mode, or for entering a beverage preparation or servicing mode) .
  • the user-interface may include a retractable user- interface that is: retracted in the main body when the head is in its retracted position; and deployed out of the main body when the head is in its deployed position.
  • the retractable user-interface is accessible to a user in the deployed position and inaccessible (or hidden) to a user in the retracted position.
  • the retractable user-interface can be configured to receive user-instructions when the beverage preparation unit is in operation, such as an user-instruction to interrupt operation (e.g. to request a beverage preparation and dispensing or servicing of the machine, or to interrupt such beverage preparation and dispensing or service of the machine) .
  • the retractable user-interface is configured to not receive any user-instruction when in the retracted position.
  • the outlet can be confined in the main body when the beverage dispensing head is in its retracted position.
  • control unit is configured to:
  • beverage dispensing head is not moved from its retracted position into deployed position unless it is for operating the beverage preparation unit to prepare a beverage or process other liquids.
  • the machine can be configured to deploy its beverage dispensing head only when the machine is operating to prepare beverage or process other liquids (e.g. in a cleaning or descaling cycle) to be dispensed via the dispensing head's outlet.
  • the remaining time, especially when the machine is not in activity, the machine can be left in a compact state with the beverage dispensing head retracted .
  • the control unit is typically configured to operate the preparation unit to prepare the beverage when the beverage dispensing head is in its deployed position.
  • the control unit can be configured to operate the preparation unit to service the unit when the beverage dispensing head is in its deployed position.
  • the servicing can involve a descaling program, such as a descaling with a volume of descaling water corresponding to a plurality of plurality of beverage portions delivered via the outlet to a service recipient at said placement location.
  • the control unit may be configured to operate the preparation unit to evacuate residual beverage when the beverage dispensing head is in its deployed position or when it is in its retracted position or when it is moved to the deployed position or when it is moved to the retracted position.
  • the preparation unit can be operated for rinsing the outlet, such as a rinsing with a volume of rinsing water corresponding to a single beverage portion or less delivered via the preparation unit to a waste collector, e.g. a waste collector located in main body and optionally removable therefrom.
  • the beverage dispensing head can be moved into its retracted position in at least one of the following instances :
  • the beverage dispensing head being for instance maintained in its deployed position upon preparing a portion of beverage to allow during such short period of time a user to request the preparation of a further portion of beverage by the preparation unit;
  • the sensor being for instance an optical or a proximity sensor.
  • the beverage dispensing head can be moved into its deployed position:
  • the sensor being for instance an optical or a proximity sensor.
  • the beverage preparation unit can have an ingredient mixing module which comprises a first part and a second part that are relatively movable, e.g. by a motor, between a mixing position for mixing ingredients and a transfer position for inserting an ingredient and/or removing waste (e.g. residual or waste ingredient ( s ) ) from the mixing module.
  • the module is in fluid connection with a source of liquid such as water.
  • the source of liquid can be connected to the module via one or more of: a liquid sensor such as a flowmeter, a pump for driving a liquid from the source to the module and then the outlet, and a thermal fluid conditioner such as a heater and/or a cooler.
  • the first part and the second part of the mixing module are relatively movable generally along a longitudinal straight axis.
  • the first and second parts of the mixing module are distant from each other in the transfer position and close to each other in the mixing position.
  • the first and second parts may define a mixing chamber, e.g. a chamber for receiving a plurality of beverage ingredients to be mixed together.
  • the mixing chamber is an infusion chamber in which infusible ingredients, e.g. coffee or tea, are exposed to a carrier liquid, such as water e.g. hot water.
  • the mixing chamber may be configured to receive loose solid ingredient particles and/or to receive proportioned ingredients within a capsule.
  • At least one part of the first and second parts may delimit a cavity for receiving the ingredient e.g. within a capsule, such as a tapered cavity, e.g. a conical or pyramidal cavity, or a straight cavity, e.g. a cylindrical or trapezoidal cavity.
  • a cavity for receiving the ingredient e.g. within a capsule, such as a tapered cavity, e.g. a conical or pyramidal cavity, or a straight cavity, e.g. a cylindrical or trapezoidal cavity.
  • a cavity may extend along an axis that is generally collinear with the above longitudinal straight axis.
  • the other part of these first and second parts may include an extraction plate, such as a plate provided with piercing elements for opening a flow-through face of the capsule or a non-intrusive plate for cooperating with a pre-opened or a self-opening flow-through face of the capsule.
  • an extraction plate such as a plate provided with piercing elements for opening a flow-through face of the capsule or a non-intrusive plate for cooperating with a pre-opened or a self-opening flow-through face of the capsule.
  • Self-opening capsules are for instance disclosed in CH 605 293 and WO 03/059778.
  • the opening of capsules by a machine's piercing elements of a plate are for example disclosed in EP 512 470 and EP 2 068 684.
  • a flavoured beverage may be prepared by circulating (by means of a liquid driver, e.g. a pump) a carrier liquid, such as water, into the capsule to flavour the liquid by exposure to a flavouring ingredient held in the capsule, e.g. along an extraction direction that may be generally parallel to the direction of relative movement of the first and second parts of the mixing module.
  • a liquid driver e.g. a pump
  • a carrier liquid such as water
  • the first and second parts may include a capsule opener such as blades and/or a tearing tool, e.g. a plate with a tearing profile, for instance as known from NespressoTM machines or as disclosed in EP 0 512 470, EP 2 068 684 and WO 2014/076041 and the references cited therein.
  • a capsule opener such as blades and/or a tearing tool, e.g. a plate with a tearing profile, for instance as known from NespressoTM machines or as disclosed in EP 0 512 470, EP 2 068 684 and WO 2014/076041 and the references cited therein.
  • the beverage dispensing head can be mechanically connected or linked, e.g. via a cam arrangement and/or a gear arrangement such as a spur and/or friction gear arrangement, to one of the first and second part that is movable in the main body so that the dispensing head is moved into:
  • a common actuator e.g. a single motor, can drive the dispensing head and the said one of the first and second parts relative to the main body.
  • the said one of the first and second parts can be moved: simultaneously with the dispensing head; or can be moved sequentially or partly sequentially (and partly simultaneously) after or before moving the dispensing head.
  • the said one of the first and second part can form an upstream part or a downstream part of the mixing module.
  • the beverage dispensing head and the said one of the first and second parts can be mechanically disconnectable, e.g. via a connection actuator controlled by the control unit such as a magnetic actuator, so as to allow a relative movement of the first and second parts without moving the dispensing head.
  • a connection actuator controlled by the control unit such as a magnetic actuator
  • the beverage dispensing head in the deployed position and the said one of the first and second parts in the mixing position can be mechanically disconnected to relatively move the first and second parts back and forth between the mixing position and the transfer position when a user requests the preparation of a further portion of beverage by the preparation unit:
  • a user can request the dispensing of two (or more) portions of beverages into the same user-recipient without moving the dispensing head into its retracted position while reloading the mixing unit.
  • the control unit can be configured to disconnect the dispensing head in its retracted position from the said one of the first and second parts to relatively move the first and second parts into the mixing position, e.g. to unclog the mixing module or to rinse the mixing module such as a rinsing with a volume of rinsing water corresponding to a single beverage preparation or less delivered via the preparation unit to a waste collector, and then to relatively move the first and second parts back into the transfer position, e.g. a waste collector located in the main body and optionally removable therefrom.
  • the main body typically has a transfer channel for supplying an ingredient to the mixing module, e.g. the main body comprises or delimits such a transfer channel.
  • the channel may extend to a waste collector, e.g. a waste collector located in the main body and optionally removable therefrom.
  • an ingredient capsule may be of the type disclosed in WO 2005/004683, WO 2007/135135, WO2007/135136, WO 2008/037642 and WO 2013/026856.
  • the machine may include a capsule loader associated with the transfer channel for loading a capsule.
  • the capsule to be loaded may be of the type described above under the title "Field of the Invention" and/or the capsule may include an ingredient described under the same title.
  • the capsule can comprise a capsule body, e.g. a generally straight or tapered body.
  • the capsule can have a circular peripheral annulus flange, e.g. a flexible or rigid flange, extending from a peripheral part, e.g. an edge or face, of the capsule body.
  • the capsule may contain a flavoring ingredient for preparing tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cold chocolate, milk, soup or baby food.
  • the capsule loader may have: a capsule holding configuration for holding an ingredient capsule away from the mixing module; and a capsule releasing configuration for releasing the capsule in or into the transfer channel towards the mixing module.
  • the loader may have a capsule gate that is movable, such as pivotable and/or translatable, between a position obstructing the transfer channel for preventing a passage of the capsule along the channel and a position clearing the transfer channel for allowing a passage of the capsule along the channel.
  • the loader may be passed from the releasing configuration to the holding configuration so that the transfer channel is opened only when needed to release a capsule .
  • the loader can have a shape complementary to a shape of the capsule.
  • the loader may have an actuator for passing from the holding configuration to the releasing configuration and vice versa, such as an actuator controlled by the control unit .
  • the loader may have a capsule sensor for sensing a presence of a capsule on the capsule loader and optionally sensing a type of the capsule.
  • the capsule loader can be controlled by the control unit to automatically release a sensed capsule when the mixing module is in the transfer position.
  • the control unit may adapt the control of the preparation unit of the beverage according to the identified type.
  • the machine has a directing fluid guide upstream the outlet and downstream the preparation unit, the directing guide being configured to direct residual liquid from the preparation unit to a waste collector when the preparation unit is not operated to process a beverage, e.g. a waste collector located in the main body and optionally removable therefrom.
  • the directing fluid guide, the outlet and the preparation unit can be configured so that the directing fluid guide directs liquid from the preparation unit: in a dispensing configuration to the outlet when the dispensing head is in its deployed position; and in a collecting configuration to the waste collector when the dispensing head is in its retracted position.
  • the directing fluid guide can have a guide inlet in fluid connection with the preparation unit so that the guide inlet is :
  • the directing fluid guide having a guide outlet or draining edge that is in fluidic communication selectively with the dispensing head outlet or with the waste collector;
  • the directing fluid guide having:
  • a collecting surface e.g. a channel of funnel, for collecting liquid flowing from an outlet of the preparation unit, e.g. of a mixing module of the preparation unit;
  • At least one guide outlet or draining edge for directing the liquid collected by the collecting surface to the dispensing head outlet and/or to the waste collector, such as: a single guide outlet or draining edge for directing the liquid selectively to the head outlet or to the waste collector; or a first guide outlet or draining edge for draining the liquid to the head outlet and a second guide outlet or draining edge for directing the liquid to the waste collector.
  • the directing fluid guide can be actuated between the dispensing configuration and the collecting configuration by an actuator controlled by the control unit.
  • the directing fluid guide can be entirely confined in the main body and/or the dispensing head.
  • the directing guide and the dispensing head may be mechanically connected, e.g. by a cam arrangement and/or a gear arrangement such as a spur and/or friction gear arrangement, so that the movement of the dispensing head: from its retracted position into its deployed position is linked to or causes or is caused by a relative movement of the directing device into the dispensing configuration to direct fluid to the outlet; and/or from its deployed position into its retracted position is linked to or causes or is caused by a relative movement of the directing device into the collecting configuration to direct fluid to the waste collector.
  • a cam arrangement and/or a gear arrangement such as a spur and/or friction gear arrangement
  • the dispensing head can be configured to translate along a straight direction from the retracted position into the deployed position and vice versa.
  • the beverage preparation unit has an ingredient mixing module which comprises a first part and a second part that are relatively movable generally along this straight direction between a mixing position for mixing ingredients and a transfer position for inserting an ingredient and/or removing waste from the mixing module.
  • the ingredient mixing module may be of the type described above .
  • the dispensing head may be configured to move:
  • the dispensing head in the retracted position has an outside face, e.g. a front face, that is flush, e.g. entirely flush, with the outside housing or frame.
  • the dispensing head in the retracted position can be entirely sunk into main body.
  • Figure 1 schematically illustrates a machine according to the invention having a beverage preparation unit with an ingredient mixing module in a transfer position and an ingredient capsule on a loader for being transferred to the mixing module;
  • Figure 2 schematically illustrates the machine of Fig. 1 upon release by the loader of the ingredient capsule to the mixing module
  • Figure 4 schematically illustrates the machine of Fig. 1 with the beverage dispensing head in the deployed position for dispensing via the head' s outlet a beverage to a user-recipient;
  • Figure 5 schematically illustrates the machine of Fig. 1 with the dispensing head in the retracted position after beverage dispensing
  • Figure 6 schematically illustrates the machine of Fig. 1 with the mixing module in the transfer position after beverage dispensing whereby the ingredient capsule is transferred to a waste collector.
  • Figures 1 to 6 illustrate an exemplary embodiment of a beverage machine 1 in accordance with the invention.
  • the ingredient may be supplied in the form of an ingredient capsule 4, e.g. of the type described above under the header "Field of the Invention".
  • the sequence from Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 illustrates a beverage preparation sequence in machine 1 from the supply of an ingredient, e.g. an ingredient capsule 4, to the removal of the used ingredient, e.g. capsule 4, upon beverage preparation.
  • Machine 1 has a main body 10 containing a unit 11,12,13,14,15 for preparing beverage 2 to be dispensed via an outlet 21 to an external user-recipient 3 at a user-recipient placement location 30.
  • beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 comprises a flow circuit with at least one of: a source 12 of liquid e.g. water, a liquid sensor 13 e.g. a flowmeter, a pump 14 for driving a liquid from a or said source 12 to the outlet 21, and a thermal fluid conditioner 15 such as a heater and/or a cooler, as illustrated in Fig. 1.
  • Machine 1 has a beverage dispensing head 20 that includes outlet 21 and that is movable relative to main body 10 inwards into main body 10 into a retracted head position (Figs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6) and outwards from main body 10 into a deployed head position (Fig. 4) .
  • user-recipient placement location 30 is located vertically below outlet 21 when head 20 is in its deployed position. See Fig. 4.
  • Arrow D in Fig. 4 illustrates the movement of dispensing head 20 into the deployed position.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates the movement of dispensing head 20 into the retracted position.
  • Machine 1 includes a control unit 16 for controlling preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to supply beverage 2 to outlet 21.
  • control unit 16 is connected to a user-interface 17,17', such as a user-interface 17,17' located on dispensing head 20 and movable therewith, e.g. a user-interface 17 that remains accessible to a user when head 20 is in its retracted position and/or a user- interface 17' that is accessible to a user in the deployed position and inaccessible (or hidden) to a user in the retracted position.
  • Outlet 21 can be confined in main body 10 when beverage dispensing head 20 is in its retracted position. See Figs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
  • Control unit 16 is configured to:
  • beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 is not operated to process a liquid such as beverage 2;
  • control unit 16 operates preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to process a liquid for dispensing via outlet 21.
  • Control unit 16 is typically configured to operate preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to prepare beverage 2 when beverage dispensing head 20 is in its deployed position .
  • Control unit 16 may be configured to operate preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to service unit 11,12,13,14,15 when beverage dispensing head 20 is in its deployed position, for instance to carry out a descaling program, such as a descaling with a volume of descaling water corresponding to a plurality of beverage portions delivered via outlet 21 to a service recipient at said placement location 30.
  • a descaling program such as a descaling with a volume of descaling water corresponding to a plurality of beverage portions delivered via outlet 21 to a service recipient at said placement location 30.
  • Control unit 16 may be configured to operate preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to evacuate residual beverage when beverage dispensing head 20 is in its deployed position or when it is in its retracted position or when it is moved to the deployed position or when it is moved to the retracted position.
  • preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 is operated for rinsing outlet 21, such as a rinsing with a volume of rinsing water corresponding to a single beverage portion or less delivered via preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to a waste collector 19, e.g. a waste collector 19 located in main body 10 and optionally removable therefrom.
  • Beverage dispensing head 20 may be moved into its retracted position in at least one of the following instances: immediately at the end of servicing beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15;
  • beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 immediately at the end of preparing a portion of beverage by beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 or after a short period of time after the end, such as a period of time in the range of 1 to 15 sec, such as 3 to 12 sec, e.g. 5 to 10 sec, optionally beverage dispensing head 20 being maintained in its deployed position upon preparing a portion of beverage to allow during this short period of time a user to request the preparation of a further portion of beverage by preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15; and
  • sensor 18 in the absence of a detection by a sensor 18 connected to control unit 16 of a user-recipient 3 in placement location 30, optionally sensor 18 being an optical or a proximity sensor (Fig. 4) .
  • Beverage dispensing head 20 can be moved into its deployed position: on a user-request of a beverage preparation or of a servicing of the preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15; and/or on a detection by a sensor 18 connected to control unit 16 of a user-recipient 3 in placement location 30, optionally sensor 18 being an optical or a proximity sensor.
  • Beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 can have an ingredient mixing module 11 which comprises a first part 11' and a second part 11'' that are relatively movable, e.g. by a motor, between a mixing position for mixing ingredients and a transfer position for inserting an ingredient 4 and/or removing waste from the mixing module 11.
  • module 11 is in fluid connection with source 12 of liquid such as water, such as a source 12 of liquid connected to module 11 via one or more of: a liquid sensor 13 such as a flowmeter, a pump 14 for driving a liquid from source 12 to module 11 and then outlet 21, and a thermal fluid conditioner 15 such as a heater and/or a cooler. See Fig. 1.
  • Arrow C in Fig. 3 illustrates the relative movement of first and second parts 11', 11'' into the mixing position.
  • Arrow F in Fig. 6 illustrate the relative movement of first and second parts 11', 11'' into the transfer position .
  • Beverage dispensing head 20 can be mechanically connected or linked, e.g. via a cam arrangement and/or gear arrangement such as a spur and/or friction gear arrangement, to one 11' of first and second parts 11', 11'' that is movable in main body 10 so that dispensing head 20 is moved into: its deployed position when first and second parts 11', 11'' are relatively moved into the mixing position; and its retracted position when first and second parts 11', 11'' are relatively moved into the transfer position.
  • said one 11' of first and second parts 11', 11'' forms an upstream part or a downstream part 11' of mixing module 11.
  • Beverage dispensing head 20 and said one 11' of first and second parts 11', 11'' can be mechanically disconnectable, e.g. via a connection actuator controlled by the control unit 16 such as a magnetic actuator, so as to allow a relative movement of first and second parts 11', 11'' without moving dispensing head 20.
  • a connection actuator controlled by the control unit 16 such as a magnetic actuator
  • beverage dispensing head 20 in the deployed position and said one 11' of first and second parts 11', 11'' in the mixing position can be mechanically disconnected to relatively move first and second parts 11', 11'' back and forth between the mixing position and transfer position when a user requests the preparation of a further portion of beverage 2 by preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15: before the end of preparing a portion of beverage 2 by preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15; or within a short period of time after the end of preparing a portion of beverage 2 by preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15, such as a period of time in the range of 1 to 15 sec, such as 3 to 12 sec, e.g. 5 to 10 sec.
  • Control unit 16 can be configured to disconnect dispensing head 20 in its retracted position from said one 11' of first and second parts 11', 11'' to relatively move first and second parts 11', 11'' into the mixing position, e.g. to unclog mixing module 11 or to rinse mixing module 11 such as a rinsing with a volume of rinsing water corresponding to a single beverage preparation or less delivered via preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to a waste collector 19, and then to relatively move first and second parts 11', 11'' back into the transfer position, e.g. a waste collector 19 located in main body 10 and optionally removable therefrom.
  • a waste collector 19 located in main body 10 and optionally removable therefrom.
  • Main body 10 can have a transfer channel 40 for supplying an ingredient 4 to mixing module 11.
  • Channel may extend to a waste collector 19, e.g. a waste collector 19 located in main body 10 and optionally removable therefrom.
  • Machine 1 can include a capsule loader 41 associated with transfer channel 40 for loading a capsule 4.
  • Capsule 4 can have a body, e.g. a generally straight or tapered body and optionally a circular peripheral annulus flange, e.g. a flexible or rigid flange, extending from a peripheral part, e.g. an edge or face, of the body.
  • a body e.g. a generally straight or tapered body and optionally a circular peripheral annulus flange, e.g. a flexible or rigid flange, extending from a peripheral part, e.g. an edge or face, of the body.
  • Capsule 4 may contain a flavoring ingredient for preparing tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cold chocolate, milk, soup or baby food.
  • Capsule loader 41 can have: a capsule holding configuration for holding a capsule 4 away from mixing module 11; and a capsule releasing configuration for releasing the capsule in or into transfer channel 40 towards the mixing module 11.
  • Loader 41 may have a capsule gate 41 that is movable, such as pivotable and/or translatable, between a position obstructing transfer channel 40 for preventing a passage of capsule 4 along channel 40 and a position clearing transfer channel 40 for allowing a passage of capsule 4 along the channel 40.
  • Arrow A in Fig. 2 indicates the passage from the holding configuration to the releasing configuration.
  • Arrow B in Fig. 3 indicates the passage from the holding configuration to the releasing configuration.
  • loader 41 may be passed from the releasing configuration to the holding configuration so that transfer channel 40 is opened only when needed to release a capsule 4.
  • Loader 41 can have a shape complementary to a shape of capsule 4.
  • Loader 41 may have an actuator for passing from the holding configuration to the releasing configuration and vice versa, such as an actuator controlled by control unit 16.
  • Loader 41 can have a capsule sensor for sensing a presence of a capsule 4 on capsule loader 41 and optionally sensing a type of the capsule. For instance, capsule loader 41 is controlled by control unit 16 to automatically release a sensed capsule 4 when mixing module 11 is in the transfer position.
  • Machine 1 may include a directing fluid guide 22 upstream outlet 21 and downstream preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15, directing guide 22 being configured to direct residual liquid from preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 to a waste collector 19 when preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 is not operated to process a beverage 2, e.g. a waste collector 19 located in the main body 10 and optionally removable therefrom.
  • Outlet 21 and preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 may be configured so that directing guide 22 directs liquid from preparation unit 11, 12, 13, 14, 15:
  • Directing fluid guide 22 can have a guide inlet in fluid connection with preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 so that the guide inlet is:
  • the directing fluid guide having a guide outlet or draining edge that is in fluidic communication selectively with the dispensing head outlet or with the waste collector;
  • the directing fluid guide having: a collecting surface 22a, e.g. a channel of funnel, for collecting liquid 2 flowing from an outlet 11a of preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15, e.g. of a mixing module 11 of preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15; and
  • Directing fluid guide 22 can be actuated between the dispensing configuration and the collecting configuration by an actuator controlled by control unit 16.
  • Directing fluid guide 22 may be entirely confined in main body 10 and/or dispensing head 20.
  • Directing guide 22 and dispensing head 20 can be mechanically connected, e.g. by a cam arrangement and/or a gear arrangement such as a spur and/or friction gear arrangement, so that the movement of the dispensing head 20 :
  • Dispensing head 20 can be configured to translate along a straight direction 11''' (Fig. 2) from the retracted position into the deployed position and vice versa.
  • beverage preparation unit 11,12,13,14,15 has a or the above ingredient mixing module 11 which comprises first part 11' and second part 11'' that are relatively movable generally along straight direction 11''' between a mixing position for mixing ingredients and a transfer position for inserting an ingredient 4 and/or removing waste from mixing module 11.
  • Dispensing head 20 may be configured to move inwards into an outside housing or frame 10' of main body 10 into retracted position and outwards of outside housing or frame 10' into a deployed position.
  • dispensing head 20 in the retracted position has an outside face 25, e.g. a front face 25, that is flush, e.g. entirely flush, with outside housing or frame 10'.

Abstract

La présente invention concerne une machine (1) pour préparer et distribuer une boisson (2) comprenant : un corps principal (10) contenant une unité (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) pour préparer ladite boisson (2) devant être distribuée par l'intermédiaire d'un orifice de sortie (21) dans un récipient d'utilisateur externe (3) à un emplacement de positionnement de récipient d'utilisateur (30) ; une tête de distribution de boisson (20) qui inclut l'orifice de sortie (21) et qui est mobile par rapport au corps principal (10) vers l'intérieur dans le corps principal (10) dans une position de tête rétractée et vers l'extérieur depuis le corps principal (10) dans une position de tête déployée ; et une unité de commande (16) pour commander l'unité de préparation (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) pour qu'elle fournisse ladite boisson (2) à la sortie (21). L'unité de commande (16) est conçue pour : maintenir ou laisser la tête de distribution de boisson (20) dans sa position rétractée lorsque l'unité de préparation de boisson (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) n'est pas actionnée pour traiter un liquide ; et/ou déplacer la tête de distribution de boisson (20) dans sa position déployée ou la maintenir ou la laisser dans cette position uniquement lorsque l'unité de commande (16) actionne l'unité de préparation (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) pour traiter un liquide afin de le distribuer par l'intermédiaire de la sortie (21).
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